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Margin: The non-printed area around the image area of a page.
Metallic Ink: Metallic inks are opaque inks that contain metallic particles to reflect light. Metallic inks are used to give your piece a shine or metallic look not achievable with regular inks. Metallic inks often look most vibrant on a coated sheet.
Metallic Paper: Metallic papers are coated with a thin metallic film that simulates metal.

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Simulating the colors in a continuous tone color image by printing with process colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.